Pullman Community Center

Chicago,
IL
(2018)

Pullman Community Center

Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, Mixed-use, Nonprofit Hub, Recreation, Youth and Families

The center provides sports and recreational opportunities to low-income residents on Chicago's south side. Individuals, housing authority residents and local teams is able to utilize the facility at reduced rates.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $16,500,000
Total Project Cost: $23,147,333

IMPACT

25 FTE jobs
160 construction jobs

CDEs

Citibank, National Community Investment Fund, USBCDE

Investor

US Bank

Voices from the Community

CNI serves neighborhoods on Chicago’s South Side. We have leveraged over $350 million in new industrial, retail, and recreational development in a single census tract in Pullman through the New Markets Tax Credits program. Since the first NMTC investment in 2013, violent crime in the neighborhood has dropped 52% and jobs in the community have increased by 43%.

-Jennifer Bransfield, COO and General Counsel, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives

Project Description

The center provides sports and recreational opportunities to low-income residents on Chicago’s south side. Individuals, housing authority residents and local teams is able to utilize the facility at reduced rates.

MAP

Address: 10355 South Woodlawn, Chicago, IL 60628

Census Tract: 17031500200

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